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Poster: unclejohn52 Date: October 10, 2012 07:45:14am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire

"The only way to create a lasting third party movement in this country is to grow it from the ground up." A difficult achievement, but I agree - the only route here is for the people to rise up and assert their need for a change in the process.

In addition to the limitations to the Tea Party that you noted - I have a real issue with their agenda, the shady "corporate" support, and a barely disguised, ugly racial undertone... tendrils of these issues are interwoven with the Repub party.

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Poster: Edsel Date: October 10, 2012 09:18:53am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire

horse shit, all the ugly racial undertones were coming from liberals accusing them of having racial undertones. I'm no member of the TP, so don't even try to go there.

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Poster: snow_and_rain Date: October 10, 2012 09:55:57am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

Here are some of those ugly, and yet factually-based, accusations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/14/inge-marler-tea-party-arkansas-leader-racist-joke_n_1597334.html

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/12/12/387451/glenn-beck-suggests-tea-party-is-racist/?mobile=nc

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/04/25/are-tea-partiers-racist.html

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Poster: Mandojammer Date: October 10, 2012 10:09:33am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

Whether shit floats or sinks, it's still shit and it still stinks the same.

http://gopcapitalist.tripod.com/democratrecord.html

Robert Byrd or Thomas Sowell?

Yeah, I know, make your sample group small enough and you can prove anything you want to.

Blatant racism exists in both mainstream parties. the Tea Party is no exception, but it is not as widespread as the media would have you believe.

But someone, anyone, please explain to me how Senator Robert Fucking Byrd, D-WV, self-admitted KKK Kleagle, and the party that embraced him as the "conscience of the Senate" got a pass from the media?

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Poster: snow_and_rain Date: October 10, 2012 10:33:14am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

This isn't about finding one racist among thousands. This is about whether or not it's an organizing principle of the Tea Party. This article cites two studies indicating that it is.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/04/25/are-tea-partiers-racist.html

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Poster: Mandojammer Date: October 10, 2012 11:07:10am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

I would need to see the raw data used in the sample set to assess whether or not the two studies could stand up to real academic scrutiny.

My Occam's Razor gut tells me that right or left, the media presents what it wants to, regardless of the facts.

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Poster: Edsel Date: October 10, 2012 11:57:50am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

"They want to put ya'll back in chains".
Racism and fear mongering at its finest.

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Poster: bluedevil Date: October 10, 2012 02:53:14pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Looking for some political fire - adding more fuel

Hooray for our side!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs

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